Chick guard for brooders



25, 1933. H G BASlNGER 7 1,927,911

CHICK GUARD FOR BROODERS Filed ril 12, 1928 Patented Sept. 26, 1933CHICK GUARD FOR BBOODERS Haydn G. Basinger, Toledo, Ohio ApplicationApril 12, 1928.

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a guard for use in connection with brooders toprevent the piling and smothering of very young chickens or chicks in anendeavor to position themselves relatively to i the stove.

It is particularly aimed to provide a construction whereby a number ofthe guards coact about a heater so as to house a predetermined number ofthe chicks and insure movement thereof toward and away from the stoveand which will avoid housing such a number as will pile upon each otherso as to cause smothering and injury.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from aconsideration of the de scription following taken in connection withaccompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:-

Figure l is a perspective view of a brooder equipped with myimprovement;

Figure 2 is a plan view illustrating my improved guards arranged about abrooder stove, the latter being suggested in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,and

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like reference charactersdesignate like or similar parts, the brooder is of the type having acentral stove or heating element as at 10 and is arranged centrally ofand so as to support a canopy at 11, beneath which the chicks areadapted to hover or brood.

In carrying out my invention, any suitable number and sized guardsections are provided as at 12 and for instance four in number. Suchsections are generally segmental and each may consist of three radialwalls, being outer walls 13 4 and a central or partition wall 14. Suchwalls are held together at the top by means of any desired number ofbraces 15 having terminal depending lugs 16 through which removablebolts 17 are passed and which also pass through the walls 13 and 14.Braces at 18, similar to those at 15 are bolted at 19 to the walls 13and 14. Such walls 13 and 14 and braces may be made of any materialdesired, for instance imperforate metal, wire fabric, pasteboard orotherwise. In addition, they may be fastened together in any suitableway and no limitation therefor to the bolts 17 and 19 is to be impliedand further the number of braces may also be altered.

All of the parts of the guards 12 except the bolts or fastening elementsare for instance con- Serial No. 269,566

pushing each other from all directions, and causing smothering andinjury, the guards may be so arranged as to house ,a predeterminednumber of the chicks and such a number relative to its size that thecrowding and pushing cannot occur with injurious effects.

As far as possible,,the

number of chicks housed by each guard is the same.

In the drawing the outer or vertical wall of the brooder has beenomitted for the sake of clear- HESS.

While the walls 13 and 14 may be made of netting or open material, it ispreferred to make them imperforate as shown so as to shield the chicksfrom draft, which cannot be avoided in many constructions of brooderhouses.

The guards are independent of each other and therefore may be readilyadjusted and arranged in brooder houses of various sizes, may becompactly arranged during shipment and are of such a construction thatthe chicks may move toward or away from the stove 10 in adaptingthemselves to the proper degree of heat, and in the case of anoverheated stove, the chicks are at freedom'to move as far as they wishaway from the stove 10.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spiritand scope of the invention.

said elements.

HAYDN G. BASINGER.

